Text View JSON Format

Alfred's Text View can be dynamically populated from a script which outputs the expected format.

Example JSON Format:

{
  "variables": {
    "fruit": "banana",
    "vegetable": "carrot"
  },
  "rerun": 0.5,
  "response": "Fruits are the seed-bearing structures in flowering plants.",
  "footer": "Anatomy of fruits and vegetables",
  "behaviour": {
    "response": "append",
    "scroll": "end",
    "inputfield": "select"
  }
}

Properties

Alfred uses the following properties to define the view's behaviour:

response : STRING

The text to show in the view.

"response": "Fruits are the seed-bearing structures in flowering plants."

footer : STRING (optional)

Text to show in the window's footer.

"footer": "Anatomy of fruits and vegetables"

actionoutput : true | false (optional, default = false)

When set to true, the Text View closes and the value of response is automatically sent to the next object.

behaviour : OBJECT (optional)

Set how the text view updates after each script rerun. Example:

"behaviour": {
  "response": "append",
  "scroll": "end",
  "inputfield": "select"
}

response : replace | append | prepend | replacelast (optional, default = replace)

Defines how to update the text content.

replace modifies the full contents of the Text View with the new response.
append adds the response to the bottom of the view.
prepend adds the response to the top of the view.
replacelast modifies the contents of the last response.

scroll : auto | start | end

Controls the scrolling behaviour of populating text.

auto scrolls to the start of the new response.
start scrolls to the start of the Text View.
end scrolls to the end of the Text View.

inputfield : clear | select (optional, default = clear)

Defines the behaviour of the input field after actioning with ↩.

clear erases the text of the input field.
select highlights the text of the input field.

Variables / Session Variables

Variables within a variables object behave the same as their Script Filter counterpart.

Rerunning Text View scripts automatically

Rerunning a Text View script works the same as its Script Filter counterpart.